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Commentary

‘Shock and awe’ viewed from logistics prism

by Lt. Col. Eduardo A. Quero
86th Logistics Readiness Squadron commander

What images or thoughts does the phrase “shock and awe” give you? This phrase, originally included in a published paper by National Defense University in 1996, suggested its use to achieve rapid dominance with the goal to destroy or confound an adversary’s will to resist with no alternative except to capitulate.

January 16, 2014 ×